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Title: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:25:14 PM: http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_16.html (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_16.html)

(2 syllables--"man-aze") (41.65%)
(3 syllables--"may-uh-naze") (45.83%)
I use both interchangeably (8.81%)
other (3.71%)
(11372 respondents)

:wtf
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM: Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 28, 2009, 08:26:52 PM: wtf is wrong with America. What a shit hole.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Don Flamenco on August 28, 2009, 08:27:25 PM: a manaze encrusted shit hole 8)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: drew on August 28, 2009, 08:27:51 PM: Quote
it's kind of hard to tell if you're pronouncing all 3 syllables because the middle one is so short and easy to roll over

fixed
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Don Flamenco on August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM
Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html)

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:31:32 PM: Quote from: drew on August 28, 2009, 08:27:51 PM
its kind of hard to tell if you're pronouncing all 3 syllables because the middle one is so short and easy to roll over

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Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:32:29 PM: Quote from: Kranz Fafka on August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM
Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM
Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html)

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?
There seems to be a regional difference:

(http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.gif)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 28, 2009, 08:32:36 PM: I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone pronounce it any other way.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Don Flamenco on August 28, 2009, 08:34:14 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:32:29 PM
Quote from: Kranz Fafka on August 28, 2009, 08:28:31 PM
Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:26:34 PM
Tennis shoes?

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html)

did they survive the top 5% wealthy white people or something?
There seems to be a regional difference:

(http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.gif)

okay, Northeast/New England. now it makes sense.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:36:04 PM: Actually New-Englanders say "sneakers." Southerners say "what's wrong with my bare feet?"

56. Pantyhose are so expensive anymore that I just try to get a good suntan and forget about it.
   a. acceptable (29.23%)
   b. unacceptable (67.26%)
   c. not sure (3.51%)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: drew on August 28, 2009, 08:37:10 PM: ok i just got it confirmed that i pronounce it like that

i dont have a problem with that

you people probably call pop "soda" thurfur yur opinion doesnt matter
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 28, 2009, 08:37:57 PM: Who cares, mayo is gross no matter what you call it.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Rman on August 28, 2009, 08:39:32 PM: Seriously. I grew up in New York and most people here say may-en-naize.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 08:43:08 PM: Quote from: Rman on August 28, 2009, 08:39:32 PM
Seriously. I great up in New York and most people her say may-en-naize.

:wtf
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:43:55 PM: grew up?
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM: Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:46:58 PM: Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM
Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.
Newfie accents. :lol
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Rman on August 28, 2009, 08:47:15 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:43:55 PM
grew up?
:lol. I just woke up. That's not the only grammatical error in that statement either.

It's fixed.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:48:03 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:46:58 PM
Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM
Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.
Newfie accents. :lol

Newfie?! All my American customers pronounce "roof" as "ruff".
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM: America is on watch.

(http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_14.gif)
a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 08:54:22 PM: "loyer" :lol
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 08:57:09 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 08:54:22 PM
"loyer" :lol
wait, what?

Are you from the South?
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 28, 2009, 09:08:54 PM: I can't even even say "law-yer"
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: OptimoPeach on August 28, 2009, 09:19:00 PM: As long as we aren't all calling soda "pop" it's all good
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: ch1nchilla on August 28, 2009, 09:24:28 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM
America is on watch.

(http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_14.gif)
a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)

:lol The South. My old roommate was from Texas and he said law-yer. We all laughed.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: FatalT on August 28, 2009, 09:31:49 PM: I say lawyer. I say "man-aze."
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 09:33:27 PM: And? Aren't you from South Carolina?
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: FatalT on August 28, 2009, 09:38:36 PM: Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 09:33:27 PM
And? Aren't you from South Carolina?

Yup! The Southernest state of the South! I think, at least.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Tucah on August 28, 2009, 09:55:13 PM: I say both loyer and manaze. I blame Jersey.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 09:59:37 PM: Do you say "mayo" or "man."

"Put some 'man' inside those buns."
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 28, 2009, 10:04:33 PM: I'm from Seattle and I say loyer and mayuhnaze.

Also, it's pop, bitches.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 10:07:33 PM: Quote from: distantmantra on August 28, 2009, 10:04:33 PM
I'm from Seattle and I say loyer and mayuhnaze.

Also, it's pop, bitches.

:elephant 3 for 3 :elephant
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on August 28, 2009, 10:36:37 PM: Quote from: muckhole on August 28, 2009, 08:44:30 PM
Well, at least the ruff isn't on fire.

RAGE
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 11:22:24 PM: Quote from: ch1nchilla on August 28, 2009, 09:24:28 PM
Quote from: Malek on August 28, 2009, 08:52:18 PM
America is on watch.

(http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_14.gif)
a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (72.84%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (21.96%)

:lol The South. My old roommate was from Texas and he said law-yer. We all laughed.

How do you get an "oy" sound out of "aw"? smh @ The North
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: drew on August 28, 2009, 11:33:47 PM: people actually say "law-yer"?

fucking freaks
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Bocsius on August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM: I usually pronounce it "no mayo."
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2009, 11:50:47 PM: Quote from: Bocsius on August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM
I usually pronounce it "no mayo."

:bow
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 28, 2009, 11:53:35 PM: manaze is great. Stop hating.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 28, 2009, 11:56:04 PM: I'm not suppressed* that Malek likes a little bit of white creamy stuff spread on his buns.

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Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Barry Egan on August 28, 2009, 11:57:25 PM: Quote from: drew on August 28, 2009, 11:33:47 PM
people actually say "law-yer"?

fucking freaks

It's actually fine as long as you have a deep southern drawl to match. If you don't, and you say 'law-yer', there's no helping you.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on August 29, 2009, 12:19:52 AM: In Iowa, we say: May-uh-naze, pop, tennis shoes (often pronounced "tenna"), and loyer.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM: Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: ch1nchilla on August 29, 2009, 01:02:48 AM: Gym shoes / sneakers :rock
Pop :rock
Loyer :rock
Mayo :rock
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 29, 2009, 01:12:54 AM: mayuhnaze just sounds like manaze with a redneck accent, anyway.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 01:15:40 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on August 29, 2009, 01:12:54 AM
mayuhnaze just sounds like manaze with a redneck accent, anyway.

only if you say it with a Southern drawl in your head. None of those syllables is inherently redneck sounding.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mayonnaise (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mayonnaise)
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 29, 2009, 02:02:22 AM: Manaze really rolls of the tongue so well. Mayuhnaze, however, is really awkward.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM: Three syllables is a lot. And they're very difficult to pronounce. May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 29, 2009, 02:10:04 AM: Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM
May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!

:lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 29, 2009, 02:15:37 AM: I say maynaise, loyer and I call my shit Soda. But yeah, mayuhnaze sounds weird, like that middle syllable totally isn't needed.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 29, 2009, 02:17:29 AM: Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:08:23 AM
Three syllables is a lot. And they're very difficult to pronounce. May? wow! uh? Jesus. Naz? Fuck!

It's all about flow. Mayuhnaze has really poor flow, it's like all the syllables are bouncing around, doing there own thing. Plus, it sounds kind of dumb. Manaze is, like, the fancy way to say it, being more sleek and flowing like crystal clear water.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 02:22:37 AM: I'm sorry, but I can't hear your arguments over the banjo music.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 29, 2009, 02:30:06 AM: Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 02:22:37 AM
I'm sorry, but I can't hear your arguments over the banjo music.

:dur
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: drew on August 29, 2009, 02:35:58 AM: I'm sorry, I can't hear your counter-argument over the drone of some shitty 90's band that is playing in another tab while you hold a vigil for them.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 02:38:17 AM: I never knew that I was an Oasis fan. My condescending thread title should have indicated that I really wasn't.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 02:41:48 AM: How do you pronounce library. Wait, that's not a word Drewsy has ever used. Nevermind.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: drew on August 29, 2009, 02:42:21 AM: I'm sorry, I can't pay attention to your correction over the green glow of my caps lock key; fucking fuck that thing is distracting.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Yeti on August 29, 2009, 10:06:18 AM: Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM
Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!

Afterwards we'll change into our sneakers so we can run, jump, climb--just about everything except be SNEAKY! :dur
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Bocsius on August 29, 2009, 12:18:09 PM: I'm guessing sneakers at one point were exclusively or otherwise strongly associated with tennis, and therefore got the kleenex, jello, etc., treatment. I don't know, I stopped calling them tennis shoes when I was 8 and realized I didn't play tennis.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 05:00:17 PM: Quote from: Yeti on August 29, 2009, 10:06:18 AM
Quote from: Malek on August 29, 2009, 12:41:59 AM
Hey kids, go to your gym lockers and get your tennis shoes because we're going to play basketball, dodgeball, volleyball--just about everything except TENNIS!

Afterwards we'll change into our sneakers so we can run, jump, climb--just about everything except be SNEAKY! :dur

Fail: there's an actual sport called tennis with its own footwear. Sneaker is just a generic name for athletic footwear with rubber soles. I mean, if you went to Footlocker and asked for tennis shoes, the salesmen would show you to a rack with actual tennis shoes--FOR PLAYING TENNIS! If you asked for sneakers, he'd ask you to be more fucking specific.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Veidt on August 29, 2009, 05:13:43 PM: Quote from: Bocsius on August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM
I usually pronounce it "no mayo."

oh shit.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: etiolate on August 29, 2009, 05:18:40 PM: Quote from: Bocsius on August 28, 2009, 11:43:30 PM
I usually pronounce it "no mayo."

winnar
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 29, 2009, 07:09:37 PM: Yeah, Coke as a replacement for Soda, Pop and Tonic is pretty weird. Like a reflection within a reflection.
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Barry Egan on August 29, 2009, 07:15:03 PM: Quote from: BlueTsunami on August 29, 2009, 07:09:37 PM
Yeah, Coke as a replacement for Soda, Pop and Tonic is pretty weird. Like a reflection within a reflection.

*hushed finger snaps*
Title: Re: Wait--half of Americans pronounce mayonnaise as "man-aze"
Post by: Flannel Boy on August 29, 2009, 07:22:47 PM: A cook and a poet. Marry me, Blue.